Academic Competitions for Gifted Students: A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents

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Preface Introduction: Making Decisions About Competitive Programs for Gifted Students How to Use This Book Characteristics of Good Competitions Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students How They Influence Contest Participation Effects of Competition: Good News Effects of Competition: Bad News How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions How to Maximize Benefits From Competitions References 2. Competition Descriptions AAA High School Travel Challenge AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest Academic Decathlon Academic Games Leagues of National Tournament Academic Triathlon Achievement Awards in Writing All-USA High School Academic Team Competition Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Amateur Poetry Contest American Computer Science League American Enterprise Speech Contest American History Essay Contest American Invitational Mathematics Exam American Mathematics Competitions American Mathematics Contest 8 American Regions Mathematics League American Scholastics Mathematics Competition American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest Arts Recognition and Talent Search Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Student Publishing Awards Ayn Rand Essay Contest Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest BEST Robotics Competition Biz Plan Competition Botball Robotics Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge Cane Writing Contest Chemistry Olympiad Christopher Columbus Awards Civic Education Project - Civic Week Clarke-Bradbury Science Fiction Competition Classical Association of New England Community Innovation Concord Review Emerson Prize Continental Mathematics League Creative Writing Essay Contest Cricket League Contest Destination Imagination Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Doors to Diplomacy DuPont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition eCybermission Edventures Robotics Contest EngineerGirl Essay Contest (Toshiba NSTA)/ExploraVision Awards Program Federal Reserve Bank FED CHALLENGE Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest Fire Fighting Robot Contest First Middle-Grade Novel Contest FIRST Robotics Competition First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics First Young Adult Novel Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest Freedom Foundation National Awards Program Future City Competition Future Problem Solving Program George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contests Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament High School Communications Competition Idea of America Essay Contest Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Intel Science Talent Search International Brain Bee International Mathematics Olympiad International Student Media Festival Invent America! Invitational Mathematics Examination Jane Austen Society of North America's Essay Contest Japan Bowl JFK Profiles in courage Essay Contest Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest Junior Engineering Technical Society, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science Junior Science and Humanities Symposia Kids Are Authors Kids Can Write Contest Kids Philosophy Slam KidsBookshelf Contests Knowledge Master Open (KMO) Laws of Life Essay Contest League of American Poets Free Poetry Contest Let's Get Real Letters about Literature Competition Mandelbrot Competition Manningham Student Poetry Awards MATHCOUNTS Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools Math Leagues Medusa Mythology Exam Merlyn's Pen Literary Magazine Contest and Critique Modern Woodmen of School Speech NAACP ACT-SO NASA Space Settlement Contest National Achievement(R) Scholarship Program National African American History Academic Challenge Bowl National American Indian Science and Engine